Jorge Quiroga Portfolio

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_EDUCATION POSTGRDUATE Dale Carnegie Training ® for Effective Communications and Human Relations (Nov-Jan 2014) – Diploma Graduate. Monterrey, Mexico.

UNDERGRADUATE ITESM Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Graduate Degree on Architecture with 88% (Dec. 2012) – Monterrey, Mexico.

JORGE QUIROGA FUENTES CURRICULUM VITAE Born: Monterrey, Mexico on July 16th 1989 @ - jorgequirogafuentes@gmail.com T - (0052) 811 687 2830 Profile: Creative multidisciplinary professional with mayor design and artistic background. Proactive profile, focused on meaningful architectural performance and project achievment. Aqcuired holistic thinking in solving specific design constraints, identifying relationships and tendencies.

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Grupo Especial de Diseño Special Design Group Program Selected Portfolio for Internship Abroad.

CEMEX Cátedra Blanca CEMEX White Cathedra Graduate under M.Arch Agustín Landa Vértiz mentoring.

II – V Taller Vertical Vertical Design Workshop Graduate under M.Arch Agustín Landa Vértiz mentoring.

Cátedra Metápolis of Urban Planning and Design Graduate.

ITESM 1:100 Intl. Architecture Congress Competition: Regenerating Constitución Condominuims – 2nd Place Award.

13th Arquine Magazine Intl. Competition: Juarez City Mediapark – Honourable Mention Award and Project Publication on Issue #56, Summer 2011. Mexico City.

Politecnico di Torino (Feb-Jun 2010) – Torino, Italy.

Progettazione Architettonica Design Workshop for Oenological Institute Umberto I Intervention – Mention _EXTRACURRICULAR Student Groups: ITESM 6th Architecture Forum Coordinator.

ITESM XIV Intl. Architecture Congress Coordinator.

Taller Vertical Scale Model Expositions Participant.

Conociendo a Mario Pani Knowing Mario Pani Scale Model Exposition Planner & Participant.

Artistic Education: 4 – Year education in musical arts & performance.

3 – Year education in art theory and oil painting.

Relevant Experiences Abroad: 4 – Month residence in London, England. (Feb. – May 2012) Cátedra Blanca –New York & New England. (Dec. 2011) 6 – Month residence in Torino, Italy. (Feb. – July 2010) Western Europe & Turkey covering the work of the main architectural and artistic masters. (2010/2012) 1 – Year residence in Victoria BC, Canada (2003-04) _SOFTWARE, LANGUAGE & OTHER SKILLS Organizational skills as team leader and planner. Scale model making, Production of graphic data and presentations, Photography & Post-production procesess, Laser-cut machine handling.

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_WORK EXPERIENCE INDEPENDENT (Aug. 2013 – Present) Casa Fuentes – Single Family House Refurbishment & Extension.

San Pedro, MX. Mandela Restaurant & Bar – Conceptual & Interior Design / Construction Supervision. San Pedro, MX. Team: Arch. Karen Cornejo V. Furniture Design – Comissioned by private & retail clients to design single pieces, fixed furniture and commercial lines for several establishments.

Photography Campaigns – Participation with design brand María y María® for propaganda & advertisement purposes, documenting brand’s collaboration with indigenous communities. Chiapas & Guadalajara, Mexico.

Image production and propaganda for documentary film of mexican political figure Jaime Bronco Rodríguez, Un Hombre Llamado Bronco.

Monterrey, MX. Graphic Design & Identity Campaign – Image & Branding Identity for Nutritional Psicology medical office. Monterrey, MX. Identity and logotype campagin for social movement Anonymous Society of Literary Rebels, inspired to enhance people into literature and free public educational lectures. Team: Arch. Carlos González ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN PRACTICES Arqware Studio (2011- Aug. 2013) - Head of Design. Monterrey, Mexico.

Experience: Started as an intern, became highly involved in several projects as Head Designer including single & multiple family housing, suburban developments, national competitions, private & retail interior design projects, furniture design and laser-cut products. All involment included conceptual design, drawing plans, digital & scale models, graphic data and presentations for clients. Developed ability to delegate, interact with supplier companies, labour workers, engineers and handle laser-cut equipment.

Delvendahl Martin Architects (Feb. – May 2012) - Intern. London, UK. www.dm-architects.co.uk Experience: Participated in several project design process, architectural drawings & plans, 3D & scale model making, graphic material – renders, potomontages, diagrams, photographs – and presentation arrangement for client meetings.

Proyects Involved: RIBA Regent Street Windows. London, UK. – Built 2012 RIBA First Place Award. Project model displayed in the RIBA Annual Exhibition. Developed graphics, digital & scale models, plans, protoypes, material testing and participation in construction and installation.

Statford Cultural Quarter. London, UK. – Planning Broadway Market Mews. London, UK. – Expansion Mountain View. Pfullingen, Germany. – Feasibility Study Cuatro/44 (April 2011) - Invited Designer. Monterrey, Mexico. www.cuatro44.com Experience: Design of a shopping plaza for a national competition in Sonora, Mexico under supervision of the head architects. Involved in conceptual design, drawing plans, digital & scale models.

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The Architecture Museum project competition seeks to offer an understanding of architectural history and principles through its galleries and the building itself.

Located within the boundaries of Parque Fundidora, city’s biggest public park, project takes consideration in preserving pak’s historical value and the careful intervention of the landscape.

Another important feature is the site’s privileged view of Monterrey’s most important landmark; Cerro de la Silla.

Conept emerged as an excavated longitudinal garden, reusing existing trees accompanied by a loggia, overcrossed by a rosen platform that reaches towards the mountain view creating a public plaza at entrance level.

Public program such as a library, auditorium and workshops are contained at basement level, all conected by this long garden axis, housing more intimate program as the galley in the intersection.

The simple arrangement of space and materials searches to create a richer understanding of main architectural principles to the user, such as light, nature, space, structure and order.

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Villa de García is located 30 kilometres north of Monterrey. As a design exercise, town centre was intervened with multi-familiar housing, addressing connectivity, and planning issues. Most important considerations were the preservaion of existing context language and town’s essence.

As part of the new masterplan, the project then resolved connectivity and residual space issues between two existing squares. Situated on a corner, the concept emerged as a building whose ground floor would act as a connector.

Following this intention, commerce boxes were inserted into a rigid structural grid standing over a plinth. Independent vertical planes and other elements work together creating series of directional small enclosed spaces leading to the main square

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site’s perimetre inviting a pedestrian gallery througout the building, creating a richer urban experience.

On the upper level, three single-family apartments were accomodated, also ruled by the same grid.

Due to this structural situation, façade lines function as independent planes, controlling natural light while contributing to create multiple athmospheres during daytime.

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Southern Mexico’s Villahermosa City enjoys tropical vegetation and temperate climate most fo time.

In the past few years, new oil fields have been discovered in the zone. As a result of this growing industry, new housing and suburban developments are happening in the periphery. This new suburbia consist on regular-shaped lots using typical housing scheme of garage on front - house - backyard, disposed very close to its neighbours.

The project is a study of two design approaches; the reconsideration of the previous scheme and the advantage of climate. As a result, the lot and perimetral boundaries merged, becoming a rectangular single-spaced continer. Within this container, the ground floor’s volume retracts and opens in the middle, seeking to create new interior - exterior relationships of space and program.

The private upper volume rests on top of this retracted box. Conceived as a thick excavated block, it opens only were precise views and natural light are permissible.

This made-believe wall thickness, only apparent to the exterior, uses the change of depth to accomodate fixed furniture and other services seeking to depurate interior living space and lightning conditions.

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Valle Alto, suburban Monterrey, has experienced an exponential growth during the last decade. One of the main features of this area is its beautiful natural scenery composed by one of Mexico’s greatest mountain chains, the Sierra Madre. Also climate, which is extreme most part of the year, is more benevolent on this environment.

The project site is a rectangular lot with a slight slope located within a small valley. Design approach addresses this considerations, using slope to create interesting spatial conditions and considerable aperture to natural surroundings.

As commonly accustomed, most lots have perimetral boundaries within neighbours. This issue evolved again into a container, housing a plinth that serves as a platform to the volume that lays on top.

Service blocks were disposed around the outer perimetre, creating a void in the middle that hosts most of the public program.

The upper volume is the most permeable. Generous, though controlled openings overlook the surrounding scenery, including skylights that create a distinctive atmosphere within the interior space.

Contained on the outside by the perimetral walls, a thick garden contrasts with the subtle selection of materials, meaning to functions in two sections; one where vegetation is ruler, and the solid plinth.

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Banco Telar Loom Stool was designed by invitation for the Mexican design brand María y María ® for their opening collection. One of the brand’s distinctions is their direct collaboration with indigenous mexican communities to produce their pieces.

During a trip to this communities in southern Mexico, the telar machines looms used by them to produce their distinctive fabric became the key idea for the concept.

While maintaining a slim and clean design, stool’s supports were concieved as wooden frames containing interlaced coloured cotton strings, alluding the traditional production process. This metaphor supports the main motive of the entire piece. It tells the story of how traditional pattern fabric is made.

Materials: Walnut wood, coloured cotton strings, cushion & artisanal mayan fabric.

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The idea behind this project was based on architectural principles of structure and open floor space.

Commission included work space, storage and shelving solutions for two brothers in a shared bedroom.

Instead of developing a heavily-percieved fixed furniture, a metallic frame was incorporated as main structure, supporting three horizontal planes and two fixed light boxes tensed all together on both ends, liberating working space from intermediate supports and other objects such as desk lamps.

Materials: Banak wood, 2 1/2� metallic frame, tensile wire & electric installation.

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A decorative table and a fixed wall mirror were the two elements required by the client to be placed in a residence’s main entrance space.

Applying a similar structural solution as the previous project, a metallic frame was incorporated into the design serving as the unifying element which holds together and supports the two previously independent objects.

The result is a single vertical piece, fitting accordingly the spatial requirements.

Materials: Banak wood, 2 1/2� metallic frame & mirror glass.

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A television cabinet was requested as part of the design of the living area. Storage space, electronic & other equipment compartments and ornamental shelving included some of the specific needs.

As a result of this parameters, an independent horizontal prism was concieved, appearing to be floating from the ground to add perception of lightness into the design, containing all storage and shelving space within a plain rectangular frame.

Materials: Banak wood & frosted glass.

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Jorge Q uirog a Fuente s jorgequirogafuentes@gmail.com M o n t e r r e y, M X